UAE Pictures 2

More pics from around the UAE. Most of them "touristy"
stuff and therefore probably not very interesting. The
more interesting ones are here.

Update (May 2003): A third episode of pictures from
AUS and around sharjah is here.

Souq (ie: market) in Al Ain.

And the traffic just outside it.

Bidya mosque; the oldest in the UAE (dating to ca. 1400
AD).

From the old to the new. The Burj al-Arab, on Jumeirah
Beach, just outside Dubai. The world's tallest (and only
six-star) hotel. Doesn't look that impressive until you
realize that it's over a kilometer away; the palm trees
at the bottom are 4 floors high.

This creek (inlet) splits Dubai in two. These boats are
called Dhows and regularly ply the waters between
here and Iran / Pakistan. You can haggle a one-way ticket
down to $CA 15, if you're good.

Typical UAE driving. The skid marks on the road are
an extra bonus.

But look what they have to contend with. The "Friday
Market" just outside the town of Masafi. Has a tendancy to
spill over into -- and right across -- the highway. It's
at a low ebb right now.

My parents' apartment building in Abu Dhabi.

And the view from out their kitchen window.

Yep. They're sand dunes, all right.

The Buraimi oasis (about five thousand years old), just
outside of downtown Al Ain.

Inside the Buraimi oasis.

A falaj which carries water from the mountains
(where it occasionally rains) down into the
villages.